Qualitative exploration reveals how caregivers' narratives and religiousness shape care for elderly persons, suggesting therapeutic benefits in aging contexts.
The article reconstructs the biographical images of care for people of advanced age and people with dementia, in the perspective of caregivers (relatives or social assistants) in a family environment or in an institution. The author discusses the potential of religiousness and of the narrative biographical construction of identity as a therapeutic resource for dealing with borderline life situations related to aging and illness.
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